https://at-ceu.studyguide.timeedit.net/modules/UGST4015?type=COREThis course is an introduction to theories of human nature and it will focus on the following questions: Why do we believe in one global humanity? How are differences between humans conceptualized and accounted for? How do animals and machines relate to our self-understanding? Are we free or does our biological heritage determine us to do what we do? Students will study different classic positions and develop a reflective stance towards claims about human nature in sciences and the public by developing their own reactions to certain ontological or epistemological issues related to the concept of human nature dealt with in the mandatory readings of this course.